TA Gaming Stats - July 30th to August 5th 2012

Another week, another Summer of Arcade title provides astronomical numbers. Outside of that however, I've got nothing.

This report is for the period July 30th to August 5th 2012.

Games Started17,386 TrueAchievements gamers started a total of 26,506 games between them (1,638 different games).

Risen 2: Dark Waters makes a surprising appearance at the top of the chart thanks to an European release. It's not setting the sales chart on fire or anything according to the TA Community, but it's still a good boost. London 2012: The Official Video Game gets a boost from some sort of event that took place over the last two weeks.

Beyond those two titles, every other entry on this chart is an old standby and we desperately need some fresh retail blood.

Deadlight debuted better then I expected and it has added an additional 1k gamers that will show under next week's stats. The gap from Deadlight to Spelunky is of course, substantial to say the least.

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is slowing down enough that it likely won't break 40k any time soon. With 37k users on TA alone however, that is not a bad number for a $20 XBLA title. Trials Evolution also is showing signs of dramatic slowdown, meaning that soon we may have a chart without the two of them.

Deadlight is a really quick completion. It's easy too, as even I have finished it though my completion will count for next week's chart. Kudos to those brave souls whom grinded out Full House Poker and did not use a turbo controller.

Congrats as well to those brave few whom finished Trials Evolution. Those that finished Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD should be punched in the head. So says the old guy incapable of even unlocking the Downhill Jam stage.